Shining a light on homelessness and what we can do about it 10 October is World Homeless Day, an opportunity to draw attention to the needs of people experiencing homelessness and provide opportunities for communities to respond. The average life expectancy of someone...
Media release - Community Housing Aotearoa “Putting families into motels is a temporary fix for desperate situations, rather than a sustainable solution to problems of poverty and homelessness,” says Scott Figenshow, Chief Executive of Community Housing Aotearoa. He...
Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson Radio New Zealand reported that the Sweet-As Academy will take on 20 students a year to train as carpenters and painters. He Korowai Trust has put nine families into renovated state houses on land it owns in Kaitaia, in a rent-to-buy...
Radio NZ talked to Juha Kaakinen of the Y Foundation in Finland about this. Listen to Juha Kaakinen on Nine to Noon A recent report by European Union housing organisation FEANTSA found every country in the EU is in the midst of a crisis of homelessness and housing...
“Vision West has a range of housing services that support people in the community in different ways. This includes 50 long-term social houses. They also run six emergency houses supporting up to 24 families a year. Our Housing First service aims to house 112 families...
Last week the Methodist Mission and Minister for Social Housing Amy Adams announced a transitional youth housing facility would open in the city in January. Mrs Adams was in Dunedin on an election campaign visit. The Government would provide about $700,000 over the...
Minister of Social Housing announced the expansion of Housing First for up to 500 more high need homeless people into permanent housing. “Housing First is delivering results in Auckland and Hamilton. We want more people across New Zealand who are sleeping rough to be...
